Background
The first activity towards the Village Green LP was the recording of the song "Village Green" during the sessions for the Kinks' 1967 LP Something Else. Inspired by a trip taken by lead vocalist and songwriter Ray Davies to rural Devon, the song served as a catalyst for The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society, and Davies began collecting ideas for a thematic album revolving around the village green concept. The band's interest in the project began to grow in mid 1967. In a June interview promoting his new single, "Death of a Clown", lead guitarist Dave Davies announced that a Ray Davies solo LP was scheduled for release in September. In his book All Day and All of the Night, Doug Hinman interpreted that the solo LP "probably refers to Ray's plans for a collection of songs with a London theme, a la 'Waterloo Sunset', an idea that seems to appear and disappear quickly, or his Village Green concept, the one that seems to take hold." The Kinks spent the remainder of the year focusing on completing Something Else. After the LP's completion, the group went on a short hiatus, before beginning work on Village Green.
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